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OT - RIP Macho Man


Braedon

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The Genius? No, that was his brother. :lol:

 

Awesome.

 

 

 

 

....RIP Randy. You will truly be missed. Thank you for your contributions to the world of wrestling and entertainment.

 

Sad day.

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His death is eerily familiar to that of Rico's. Hoping that he died quickly and painlessly and that his wife recovers from her injuries.

 

 

As for the guy himself, I had a chance to meet him at an autograph session at the height of the nWo days along with his father, Angelo Poffo. Besides being physically huge, he literally was larger than life. Mach, you will be missed brother.

 

 

OOOOOHHHHHH YYYYEEEEEAAAAAHHHH!

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I was always a fan. This one sounds a lot like Rick Martin.

The parallels are really scary. I hope and pray that I'm not out on the road whenever this happens to me.

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Life cut short for many of the old stars. How sad.

 

Mr. Perfect - Drug Overdose

Crush (Demolition) - Died in sleep, cause unknown

Texas Tornado - Suicide

Hawk (Legion of Doom) - Heart Attack

Big Bossman - Heart Attack

Andre the Giant - Congestive Heart Failure

Ravishing Rick Rude - Heart Attack

Davey Boy Smith (British Bulldogs) - Heart Attack

Miss Elizabeth - Drug Overdose

Umaga - Heart Attack from Drug Overdose

Steve Dunn - Embolism

Sensational Sherri - Drug Overdose

Bam Bam Bigelow - Drug Overdose

The Earthquake - Bladder Cancer

Hercules Hernadez - Heart Disease

Moondog Spot - Heart Attack

Yokozuna - Pulmonary Edema

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Hmmmm... lots of heart disease there. But there is no steroids in professional wrestling. :rolleyes:

Silly, steroids don't kill people. People kill people.

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Life cut short for many of the old stars. How sad.

 

Mr. Perfect - Drug Overdose

Crush (Demolition) - Died in sleep, cause unknown

Texas Tornado - Suicide

Hawk (Legion of Doom) - Heart Attack

Big Bossman - Heart Attack

Andre the Giant - Congestive Heart Failure

Ravishing Rick Rude - Heart Attack

Davey Boy Smith (British Bulldogs) - Heart Attack

Miss Elizabeth - Drug Overdose

Umaga - Heart Attack from Drug Overdose

Steve Dunn - Embolism

Sensational Sherri - Drug Overdose

Bam Bam Bigelow - Drug Overdose

The Earthquake - Bladder Cancer

Hercules Hernadez - Heart Disease

Moondog Spot - Heart Attack

Yokozuna - Pulmonary Edema

 

there are alot more that you left out....Eddie Guerrero, Junkyard Dog, Adrian Adonis, Chris Benoit, almost all the Von Erichs, Big John Studd, Chris Kanyon, Test, Brian Pillman, the list goes on.

I was a big fan as a kid and Macho Man was a favorite. I was surprised how much this bummed me out. RIP Randy.

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Hmmmm... lots of heart disease there. But there is no steroids in professional wrestling. :rolleyes:

 

I'd guess that it has a lot more to do with the pain meds than anything else. All pro sports have been littered with steroid use in the last 20+ years and they don't have the same rate of early deaths. There's more in play there than just the steroids.

 

And let's not throw Andre the Giant in on this group. He was destined for heart failure from the day he was born, with or without wrestling.

 

Edit: And I'm not so sure Savage belongs in that discussion either. A 57 year old dying of a heart attack? Yeah, not so rare.

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I'd guess that it has a lot more to do with the pain meds than anything else. All pro sports have been littered with steroid use in the last 20+ years and they don't have the same rate of early deaths. There's more in play there than just the steroids.

 

And let's not throw Andre the Giant in on this group. He was destined for heart failure from the day he was born, with or without wrestling.

 

Edit: And I'm not so sure Savage belongs in that discussion either. A 57 year old dying of a heart attack? Yeah, not so rare.

 

I'm not sure where I saw it, but the average age of death for an NFL player was 58. I think it was lower for linesmen.

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